Bucking Beads
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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Finals predictions
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DreadBat5701894
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Isn’t that just current ladder position?
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Home final
Geelong at neutral venue
Away against our bogey team
Win by 97 points against Sydney
Easy.
I can not see us losing another game this season.
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I do think we'd be a better match against Sydney in the semi final.
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Pretty obvious we’re tanking for 5th
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Hopefully this makes us elevate like in 2022 where we finished 6th and won finals against Richmond and Melbourne for the away final at the MCG. Obviously if we made the prelim I'd like to see a 10x better effort from us then that game against the cats.
Looking like a good chance that we will be facing either the Blues or Bulldogs in an elimination final at the Gabba.
Other team in the bottom half of the 8 the Hawks have a soft kill v the Kangaroos next week so they are an unlikely opponent... Pheeew!
I am assuming we beat the Bombers and the Cats destroy the Eagles in the last round.
Bulldogs could miss the 8 altogether if they lose to the Giants next week and the Dockers beat Port.
Other team in the bottom half of the 8 the Hawks have a soft kill v the Kangaroos next week so they are an unlikely opponent... Pheeew!
I am assuming we beat the Bombers and the Cats destroy the Eagles in the last round.
Bulldogs could miss the 8 altogether if they lose to the Giants next week and the Dockers beat Port.
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Avoiding the hot Hawks in the bottom half of the 8 will be a huge win.
I still think our best footy can win it this year - we have actually played some good footy away from home this year. Maybe a Bulldogs 2016 type scenario coming up? The top 8 as a whole have all been rather flaky from time to time.
I still think our best footy can win it this year - we have actually played some good footy away from home this year. Maybe a Bulldogs 2016 type scenario coming up? The top 8 as a whole have all been rather flaky from time to time.
Goes to show how far we’ve fallen when so many are now wanting to avoid Hawthorn at all costs. How the might have fallen.
We let Tom Stewart roam around the half back line on his own that night. Hopefully we have learnt our lesson if we cop them again.
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Carlton could still jump the hawks on percentage though, if the hawks have a close win and Carlton win by around 40 pts against the saints.
Let’s hope that doesn’t happen
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Feels like we're pretty comfortably the weakest team in the 8
I mean it’s not like us not being able to beat them started a week ago, it’s been going on some time.
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Carlton were getting flogged not too long ago. Freo have been on a bigger slide than us. Sydney has had losses 100 times worse than ours in the last month. Geelong just lost comprehensively to the Saints who we destroyed a few weeks back.
Not sure how two close losses fuels that logic. Yes it's disappointing the way they happened with us getting a lead and then getting run over in the last, but pretty much every other team in the top 8 has had games in the last month or two where they've been completely uncompetitive. We have not.
mpal6
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Last one I think is the most likely, but with a minor tweak.
EF against Carlton would be the start I'm after. If we win against Essendon and we beat Carlton at home then there is a 2 game winning run and a chance of us getting on a roll against Sydney away, Port away.
Yes the catastrophising of our form has been a tad over the top from some.
It was not that long ago that pundits were saying the Swans were just too good for the rest of us and a flag was a shoe in.
I really do think this is one of the most open seasons in my time following the AFL(late 90s), my rating of the current top 9 is >
I would be surprised but not stunned if Port, Cats, Blues or Dockers won the flag.
Giants and Swans joint favourites simply because they will finish top 4.
Bulldogs, Hawks, Lions even though bottom half of the 8 are well and truly in it, just need to get on a roll in September, the pre finals bye is a godsend for them.
mpal6
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This year looks like a Giants flag to me. They've been answering and taking on all comers. While true that they've managed to sneak a win against Hawks at the last minute, it's their persistence and not giving up that seems to stand out for me. I've noticed they seem to have this extra gear in 3rd and 4th quarters where the smalls start buzzing and opposition can't keep up with them. We struggle on this aspect as well and might potentially be our undoing. They are amazing to watch, similar to Hawks.
It's an omen of sorts that McRae won a premiership in his second year as coach and Kingsley might do the same this year.
unless its like round 1
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Well if we play like round 1 there is no point in trying to go deep in finals anyway.
We need our 9 game winning style back and real quick.
